§70305 Suspension of Passenger Services

Summary

The President can stop passenger ships from going to or from a foreign country's ports, or stop U.S. passenger ships from using those ports, when the President finds that the country lets terrorists use its territory to operate, train, shelter, or help them and those terrorists use seizing passenger ships or threatening to seize them as a policy tool. The ban can happen without warning or a hearing and can last as long as the President thinks it is needed to protect passenger ships from illegal seizure. If the ban is in place, passenger carriers and U.S. passenger ships must not use the blocked ports. If someone breaks the ban, the Secretary can refuse their ships entry to U.S. ports, and the person can be fined up to $50,000 for each day a vessel uses the banned port.